After shedding for the primary time in 26 races on Saturday, Nicolo Brega responded with two commanding wins on the British WorldSBK on Sunday.
Within the Tremendous Pole race, Brega took the lead from Jari Montella over the center distance and received by greater than a second after Iker Lecuona crashed on the second lap and dropped out of the lead.
In race two, Brega led from begin to end, beating Lecuona, who the Spaniard pushed by way of the pack to take second place.
Nicolo Brega, 2026 British World SBK. Credit score: Tony Goldsmith.
Brega mentioned the development from Saturday was that the extent was greater than Saturday.
“I am very joyful as a result of yesterday I used to be somewhat disenchanted, as a result of Iker (Lecuona) positively did job and deserved the win yesterday. However I knew that I had an opportunity to win,” Nicolo Brega mentioned after race two at Donington.
“To be sincere, I did not play my playing cards very nicely yesterday, so I wakened this morning and mentioned, ‘Okay, I will experience what I can and attempt to win.'”
Brega added: “Yesterday Iker turned higher than me so we modified one thing on the bike.
“I used to be braking onerous and wasn’t turning very nicely, so I attempted to discover a compromise between me and him.
“I feel the tempo was sooner at this time, so it was higher than yesterday.”
Nicolo Brega, 2026 British World SBK. Credit score: Tony Goldsmith.
Brega was additionally eager to level out that his tempo might need been sufficient to take the win in 10 laps with out Lecuona crashing.
“My tempo at this time was very sturdy and higher than yesterday,” he mentioned.
“Once I overtook Jari, I set my quickest lap, a 1:25.1 with two laps to go.
“So my tempo was sturdy for certain.
“I do not know what Iker will do within the final three or 4 laps, however you by no means know.”
Brega received each WorldSBK races on Sunday, however he wasn’t with out work, particularly within the Tremendous Pole race when it took him half the race to overhaul the aforementioned Montella.
“This morning too, it was a really troublesome begin to overtake Jari (Montella),” Brega defined.
“I do not know why, however I used to be shedding somewhat little bit of acceleration.
“So to move, yesterday with Iker and this morning with Yari, I needed to be somewhat bit extra aggressive on the braking in flip 11 as a result of I used to be overtaking from a distance reasonably than from shut.
“So I knew it could be simpler (in race two) if I might begin first and create my line from the start.”
